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Another First for Scientology!
By M. Tuinhuis
On 28 and 29 April 2008 the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that the Dutch police had arrested Jesse Remmers (39), a notorious hit-man, and charged him provisionally with six murders. Remmers is a keen Scientologist who converted in prison in the mid-nineties. His life was changed when a friend who had been influenced by Scientology's Criminon movement gave Jesse a copy of L Ron Hubbards 'Dianetics'.
After his release he went on to make his own unique contribution to clearing the planet. He reckoned that if he killed a hundred people he could earn $100M or more and devote it to the purposes of Scientology. No-one will ever know how many people he killed but according to a witness who knew him well, Jesse could kill as easily as he could eat French fries. As one reporter put it, 'a belief in Scientology seems ideal for an assassin'.
The Scientology spokesperson in the Netherlands, Julia Rijnvis, says that that Remmers was not a member of the church, had interpreted its teachings in the wrong way (O RLY?), and that that it is wrong 'to link the church to a big criminal'. Is she kidding? Does she know nothing about the history of Scientology and its founder? But this attempt to disconnect from black PR is standard.
The CoS also denied knowing anything of the young French Sea Org member who starved to death in Copenhagen while trying to pay his alleged debts out of social benefits. And they denied knowing anything of the dedicated Scientology family in Sydney, Australia, which was devastated by the murder of two of their members by a schizophrenic daughter. As in these other cases there is plenty of evidence to show that Remmers was a very enthusiastic believer in L Ron Hubbard and his vision of clearing the planet. He wrote a book about Scientology and was even executive president of the Criminon Foundation Netherlands from December 2004 to October 2005, until the CoS discovered he was in prison!
This is not a good time for the Co$ in the Netherlands. But the authorities are also to blame. What do they expect when they encourage the spread of Hubbard's crazy ideas within the prison population?
judythpiazza@newsblaze.com
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